September 2nd EARLY ACCESS 0.1
Political Arena is a one-of-a-kind strategy/sim about American politics where no two playthroughs are the same. Create your own politician and seek fame or infamy in a fully simulated political world, complete with high stakes campaign strategizing, backroom deals, scandals, special interests, and the press. Be the politician of your dreams (or nightmares).
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Updates about the Game of Politics

Early Access 0.1 is LIVE!!!

By 2 Sep 2025
Friends, Political Arena has launched in Steam Early Access!   This marks a major step toward…

Early Access 0.1: live on September 2nd!

By 23 Aug 2025
Political Arena is entering Early Access on September 2nd!! Watch our release trailer, subscribe to…

Dev Blog 5/28/25: Multithreading and game architecture

By 28 May 2025
I’ve been wanting to write about Political Arena’s technical architecture for a while now, and…

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Political Arena in the news

You Can Be Mitch McConnell for a Day

By 9 Feb 2022
A new video game will let players pretend to be the politicians they most admire…

Playing the game: Political Arena offers a taste of life on Capitol Hill

By 5 Nov 2021
In a video game market saturated by zombies, death matches and post-apocalyptic hell-scapes, it would be a…

This DC insider wants to turn politics into a videogame — ‘Imagine an arch-conservative in San Francisco, or Nancy Pelosi in Mississippi’

By 4 Nov 2021
Author of ‘The Beltway Bible’ is raising funds to develop a political version of ‘SimCity,’…

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